This is a 10* on HOUSTON

Atlanta jumped all over Houston starter Framber Valdez in Game 1, scoring five times off him in the first three innings. It was pretty much over from there. But like a lot of people, we can’t see the Braves winning two straight on the road to open the World Series. It was a costly win for the Braves last night as Charlie Morton was lost to a season-ending injury. Max Fried will get the baseball in Game 2 and he looked very shaky in his last NLCS start, giving up five runs to the Dodgers in 4.6 innings. Houston did lose back to back games in the ALCS, but other than that they had just one losing streak going back to Labor Day Weekend. Their record at home this year is 55-32. The most recent time that the Astros lost two straight home games was August 22nd and 23rd and those losses came to two different teams. The last time the Astros lost two straight home games to the same opponent was August 5th and 6th to Minnesota. That was nearly three months ago. Game 2 starter Urquidy has a 0.88 WHIP in 10 starts at home. Play on HOUSTON

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